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Life Hacks and Westerns
The theme from “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” is being whistled a lot around here lately. Every time I enter a room where Dick is for instance if I’m wearing my shawl. I learned something when I was in the hospital in September—You cannot braid your hair when you have an IV in […]
Good Costume Design
You know a TV or movie has good costume design when even a crap warm-up drawing conveys a sense of angles and era. Here’s a warm up sketch of “Detective Sgt. Strange” (actor Sean Rigby) from “Endeavour.” The costume lines are so “sixties-in-Britain.” “Endeavour” has ended, but you can still stream it on PBS and […]
In Context: Trying to Catch Up…
I’ve been relocating my studio and trying to unpack and organize. I think I’m getting to the end then I see another box, and behind that another box. Sometimes I wonder why I didn’t leave most of those boxes in storage. But right now I can’t go there mentally. I need to keep opening and […]
A Cut Above—Wood Carving Competition Show
Spoiler alert, I’m going to write about who won “A Cut Above” season one. Don’t read if you want to watch a chainsaw-woodcarving composition and be surprised. First I just have to say I love Adam Beach. He’s a great actor and now we know he’s a great TV show host too—who absolutely […]
Excitement over Lard
You’d think it was a slow day from my excited comment about lard on this journal page. It’s wistfulness. I bought two types of lard from “Fat City.” They reached expiration date (even stored in the freezer!) because I didn’t have the kitchen space to set up to make some savory pies, during this downsizing […]
Studies: Observing the Subject Over and Over
Studies are something all visual artists do, pretty much every day. Studies are about cementing the observation of a subject into a visual approach you can apply to your paper or canvas. But studies don’t always happen before you make a more finished piece. On this page spread, which is in a Canson 180 Sketchbook […]
In Context: I Invent a New Game for Two Or More
You can read the text on the page spread if you click to enlarge it. As to the brush and ink wash sketch—I was watching the Great British Baking show that evening.
Try, Try Again
I watch the British Police drama “Vera.” (In the US you can see it on PBS, but awhile back I started watching it on Britbox and think the episodes come in a bit earlier.) I watch it because I’m totally in love with Brenda Blethyn. She’s so amazing. But as I’ve already discussed on my […]
In Context: Faces and Advice
No missing text for this post, just an in-context post from my journal. (Bakers from the Great British Baking Show.)
Why I Do What I Do: Still More on Watching TV…
Sometimes I watch TV just so I can sketch Ryan Stiles—because he makes me laugh and laugh, and laugh. (At the time of this post American episodes of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” can be seen on HBOMax.) And because, while he doesn’t have a beard, and his hair style has stayed basically the same […]